0 That’s the number of regular members on the Gunnison County Planning Commission from the north end of the valley and …
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Executive time
I need me some more executive time. Everyone needs themselves some more executive time. Apparently our feckless leader schedules about 60 …
Read More »Good News / Bad News
The good news is I found out last week that the hike out from the bottom of Paradise isn’t overly brutal. …
Read More »Government is there for the people— not the big corporations
Government is meant to be the place for the people to speak as a collective. It never works fast but when …
Read More »Conspiracy Theories
So the Reaman household joined the 20th century (or is it the 19th?) last weekend and got access to Netflix and …
Read More »Shutdown impacts in the valley
That government shutdown Donald said he’d be “proud” to have? It is still going on. And while few thought it would …
Read More »Behind the postcard
There was a return to winter this week—and I mean a return from 2017, since last year winter sort of skipped …
Read More »A ski town should have skiers
It appears we have hit a peak (maybe even the peak) for the winter season in terms of visitor numbers. The …
Read More »Solstice, the “Vail Bump” and the ADU conundrum
The solstice, any solstice, is a good marker for this mountain town. They come with celebrations and prayers. With this latest …
Read More »The ideal world, the real world and “more”
In an ideal world there would be no line at the Crested Butte post office when you find a yellow slip …
Read More »Things that irk
Irk. It’s sort of a space between being slightly irritated and really mad. It’s like when the zipper on your jacket …
Read More »Transparency
As a newspaper guy I appreciate transparency. It seems to go in waves, and this week I feel like there was …
Read More »Thankful…
So I’m sitting in the Crested Butte Town Council chambers before the start of last Monday’s meeting and former councilman Skip …
Read More »Honestly, a championship tastes even better when it’s over our sister town
This town has never needed a big excuse to hold a parade, but this Friday at 4 p.m. it has a …
Read More »Thoughts on the elections, age and Titans
Locally, we are fortunate that our politics remain civil. Our process reflects the place. We live and vote in a place …
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